NIGH v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

No. 85-C-63-S.

634 F.Supp. 1513 (1986)

Lawrence D. NIGH, Geneva E. Nigh, Michael J. Weishan, Kathy Weishan, Greg L. Molkentine, Laurel Molkentine, Sigfredo Soto and Eleanor Soto, Plaintiffs, v. DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; Stauffer Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation; Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation; Weevilcide Company, Inc., a Kansas corporation; Research Products Company, a Kansas corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

May 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Slattery, Frisch, Dudek & Slattery, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

David M. Bernick, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., David B. Bartel, Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, Ralph A. Weber, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis., Harry Sauthoff, Jr., Thurow, Sauthoff & Alexander, Madison, Wis., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHABAZ, District Judge.

Before the Court are the post-trial motions of the only prevailing plaintiffs, Lawrence Nigh and his wife Geneva, and the only remaining defendants.* Plaintiff seeks a new trial on the issue of punitive damages against the Weevil-Cide Company, Inc. and Research Products Company; and a new trial against Dow Chemical Company, which prevailed against the plaintiff on the question of liability...

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